Topic: K7 transmission gear/shaft play

[flybackwards]

going through my gear clusters which all look good for 70,000 miles. One thing I notice is that when I grab hold of a gear (most obvious in the taller ones) and wiggle it along the axis of the shaft - I guess that technical term means trying to rotate it side to side --------II-------- where II is the gear and --------- is the shaft.  I get about a mm or so of play. If this makes any sense how much play is normal - how much is too much? I don't have new shaft and gear to compare with and I don't see any obvious wear on gear or shaft.

[bryanj]

Need to be in casings with bearings located by half rings to measure end float

[754]

Do you mean tilt it side to side ?  Do you have a dial Indictator , or other measuring tools ?

[flybackwards]

Yes, thats what I mean - and a better way of saying it.  it was a casual observation just grabbed a couple of gears and gave them a twist sideways and then thought about how that might say something about wear between gear bore and shaft. Yes I have many measuring tools - I'll drop the mainshaft back in lower case and start with a ruler...